England v Pakistan | 3rd ODI | Birmingham | 13th July, 2021 | Pakistan innings

[Rana]

Well batted Rizwan and well done to walk off

 

[Omer2002]

Yes all this when they did tuk tuk at the beginning...so proves wicket is a belter.

They have Salt..malan..stokes and rest....This will be close

 

[Mesozoic]

Could have got a 100 there but still a good innings.

 

[QalandarFan]

Well played Rizwan

 

[Local.Dada]

Rizwan walking. Respect

 

[Greenstorm]

Finally

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

Rizwan gone

 

[Gullycricket]

Sohaib should come in. His timing is so sweet

 

[AdamM97]

Disappointed not to get that century. Deserved one today.

 

[Titan24]

Rizwan walks off himself. Top knock

 

[Local.Dada]

This Rizwan might be the next Misbah. Universally liked and respected by the rest of the world but will get criticized in Pakistan on most days

 

[Rana]

Free hit basically. Babar should face first ball next over

 

[pratiktc]

All Pak had to do was take games deep. Lack of experience and depth in this attack finally showing.

Anyway better late than never.

Hoping 175 for Babar and 340 target now

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

Yes all this when they did tuk tuk at the beginning...so proves wicket is a belter.

They have Salt..malan..stokes and rest....This will be close

Yes it will need the bowlers to perform to win this, it's a great wicket and the slow start means England have got some room to manoeuvre in their response.

 

[Gullycricket]

Sohaib Maqsood and Saud have made the middle order much better than the days of Danish Aziz, Khushdil and Asif ali

 

[Titan24]

This is a pretty crucial period. Good finish can be the difference at the end

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Yes it will need the bowlers to perform to win this, it's a great wicket and the slow start means England have got some room to manoeuvre in their response.

England will loose quick wickets in PP.

 

[Zeshan547]

This Rizwan might be the next Misbah. Universally liked and respected by the rest of the world but will get criticized in Pakistan on most days

Nah he is a match winner, which sadly misbah was everything but match winner.

 

[Rana]

148* babar

 

[Rana]

Bowl Straight Saqib

 

[Rana]

149* Babar

Pakistan 300

 

[Zeshan547]

Sohaib Maqsood and Saud have made the middle order much better than the days of Danish Aziz, Khushdil and Asif ali

Based on grand total of 2 matches. Eve heard of hold your horses?we have through this cycle long enough i would have assumed. Even though agree these two can't do worse than those failures even if they try.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

This Rizwan might be the next Misbah. Universally liked and respected by the rest of the world but will get criticized in Pakistan on most days

That's because Pakistan has a large proportion of incredibly dense fans who think someone who hits a mediocre bowler a long way must be a better batsman than one who can carve runs from good bowlers.

 

[Justcrazy]

300 up for Pakistan

 

[Rana]

Poor over from Pakistan

 

[Rana]

One heck of a pull shot that!

 

[Greenstorm]

Maxi is the real deal !

 

[Rana]

150* Babar

 

[jattafridi]

Amazing Babar Azam 150

 

[Rana]

So I think Babar should get 175

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Imagine if this was a series decider.

 

[Zeshan547]

Get in Hassan plz

 

[jattafridi]

Maqsood flop

 

[Local.Dada]

Can’t blame Maqsood here but from what I have seen he plays the same way at 300-2 or 148/9

 

[OMB]

Maxi is the real deal !

Deal is off now

 

[Rana]

Imagine if this was a series decider.

LOL Pakistan wouldnt be 305-5 here at this point

 

[QalandarFan]

There's no such thing as a finisher in Pakistan smh

 

[Rana]

Babar shying away from the strike

 

[Gullycricket]

Why Faheem is even playing..Fake allrounder.

 

[Titan24]

Can’t blame Maqsood here but from what I have seen he plays the same way at 300-2 or 148/9

Too much reliance on aerial shots for my liking especially in the middle of the innings. Dont mind this in this situation or even in T20s.

 

[Yk313]

Hassan should come out to bat if he’s playing.

 

[Greenstorm]

Hassan brings entertainment. The new Afridi.

 

[Local.Dada]

Hassan is the text book definition of a Tulla

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

LOL Pakistan wouldnt be 305-5 here at this point

Cholo jhooti khushi hi sahi

 

[Justcrazy]

OUT

two wickets in this over

 

[Titan24]

Time for Faheem to deliver atleast a punch or two here

 

[Ahmed216]

It's only 7 overs. Both Sohaib and Hassan are good enough for little cameos.

They're both gone

 

[Savak]

England exploiting the weakness of Pakistani batsmen against the short ball. Have to question the practice that our players do off the field. This is not something new, have been seeing this for the last decade and still no work done on it

 

[Gullycricket]

Faheem edge is here to score 0 or 1. Binary boy

 

[Yk313]

Too much reliance on aerial shots for my liking especially in the middle of the innings. Dont mind this in this situation or even in T20s.

Without the technique for them, in my opinion. Still early days for him on his comeback but seems like a clone of the kid who was a part of the team in the 2014-15 period.

 

[Titan24]

England exploiting the weakness of Pakistani batsmen against the short ball. Have to question the practice that our players do off the field. This is not something new, have been seeing this for the last decade and still no work done on it

Yes hitting against the short ball needs to improve.

 

[Rana]

Luckily in

Babar needs to farm strike. He is the best set to score 10-15 runs with 3-4 shots per over

 

[Zeshan547]

England exploiting the weakness of Pakistani batsmen against the short ball. Have to question the practice that our players do off the field. This is not something new, have been seeing this for the last decade and still no work done on it

To complicated to make this observation for thick tank.

 

[Local.Dada]

Yes hitting against the short ball needs to improve.

The reason why Pakistan scored so much today was also harmless 75mph short pitch on a flat pitch.

Will be a different ball game on spicy pitches

 

[Rana]

Wow what a strike by Lord Ashraf

 

[ARK Rafay]

Wow He finally puts one out

 

[Titan24]

Thats some hit by Faheem

 

[Gullycricket]

Faheem took criticism to heart

 

[YousafTheBeast]

1 away from going over his average, faheem

 

[Greenstorm]

They're both gone

Whats the damage ? They scored 12 of 6 balls combined. Strike rate of 200.

 

[Ahmed216]

Short balls are not going to work against zulu

 

[Blackbradman]

Ashraf

 

[Greenstorm]

And Rana joins the party.

 

[rollingstoned]

Maybe I am getting a bit ahead of myself here but Babar could score a 150+ score if he wants. Best opportunity to get it

Good call.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Saqib Mahmood is such a bang average bowler. Cannot believe we made him look like the second coming of Dale Steyn in the first two games. Pathetic.

 

[OMB]

The reason why Pakistan scored so much today was also harmless 75mph short pitch on a flat pitch.

Will be a different ball game on spicy pitches

Liberal spraying on both sides of the wicket. Some really rank average bowling

 

[ask_analyse_act]

Saqib feeding Faheem for the only shot that he knows to play.. Bowl on the offside this guy wont touch the ball with the bat..lol

 

[YousafTheBeast]

WOW !! He couldn’t go over 11

 

[ARK Rafay]

Faheem took criticism to heart

And now bowled

 

[Rana]

Lord Faheem goes

 

[Ahmed216]

Whats the damage ? They scored 12 of 6 balls combined. Strike rate of 200.

Didnt score the cameos we were expecting

 

[Rana]

No single on the last ball please. Try hitting a six

free hit

 

[YousafTheBeast]

Should’ve got Shaheen ahead of Faheem

 

[Justcrazy]

Pakistan aiming for 340 here

 

[Rana]

LOL Pakistan can still be bowled out

 

[Ahmed216]

Steve smith gone

 

[Titan24]

The reason why Pakistan scored so much today was also harmless 75mph short pitch on a flat pitch.

Will be a different ball game on spicy pitches

To be honest there arent much spicy pitches remaining for white ball cricket so during the middle overs when batsmen are just trying to bat normally its not that big of a threat. Yes someone like Nortje can cause trouble as he did in SA but his short ball I believe is one of the best.

 

[Greenstorm]

Didnt score the cameos we were expecting

Still better than Rizwan staying out there with his single doubles.

 

[Rana]

Saud poor guy playing as a bowler today

 

[OMB]

Pakistan aiming for 340 here

Need a boundary every ball then